Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter Installation and Administration Guide 3October 2001 Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter descriptionMeridian Digital Telephone External IP Adapter unitThe Meridian Digital Telephone External IP Adapter unit connects to thetelephone set line cord of the digital telephone with a standard RJ-11 connector.The unit relays voice and signaling information between your digital telephoneat a remote location and the RLC installed in the host PBX over the IP network.Refer to the following chapters for additional information:! Chapter 3, “Installing the Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit”! Chapter 4, “Configuring the IP Adapter unit using the telephone menu”, orChapter 5, “Changing configuration settings using Configuration Manager”Reach Line CardThe Reach Line Card (RLC), installed in the host PBX, provides service for upto 16 ports on a single-slot card or 32 ports on a double-slot card. The RLCemulates a standard digital line card (XDLC), providing PBX functionality fortelephones at remote locations (including sites using the Meridian DigitalTelephone IP Adapter unit).The RLC relays voice and signaling information between the remote digitaltelephone and the host PBX over the IP network.For a more detailed description, refer to the Reach Line Card Installation andAdministration Guide (NTP 555-8421-210).Voice over IP technologyThe Meridian Digital Telephone IP Adapter unit uses Nortel Networksproprietary Voice over IP technology to send voice and data signals betweenyour office and the host PBX through the existing IP data network.
